Author: Michelle Tan

Cites

• Rachel Carson (1)
  • IN: The Confusion of Happiness (2014) Poetry, Singaporean
    EPIGRAPH: Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.
    FROM: The Sense of Wonder, (1965), Quote, US
• Theodor Fontane (1)
  • IN: The Confusion of Happiness (2014) Poetry, Singaporean
    EPIGRAPH: Finally, after coffee had been declared on all sides to be the principal poison of mankid, the company got down to drinking it.
    FROM: NULL, (1874), Quote, Germany
• Alphonse de Lamartine (1)
  • IN: The Confusion of Happiness (2014) Poetry, Singaporean
    EPIGRAPH: The eagle, king of the wilderness, thus scorns the plain; / He wants, like you, only steep and rocky heights...
    FROM: NULL, (1820), Poem, France
• Gertrude Stein (1)
  • IN: The Confusion of Happiness (2014) Poetry, Singaporean
    EPIGRAPH: One other little punctuation mark one can have feelings about and that is the apostrophe for possession.
    FROM: Punctuation in Prose, (1935), NULL, US
• Marge Piercy (1)
  • IN: The Confusion of Happiness (2014) Poetry, Singaporean
    EPIGRAPH: Until we are all strong together / a strong woman is a woman strongly afraid.
    FROM: A Strong Woman, (1980), Poem, NULL